Directions: Label the map below. THEN, answer the questions.
You may fill this out while completing the
lesson or after you have completed reading through the lesson.
Macedonia
Troy
Pindos
Persia (Anatolia)
Aegean Sea
Asia Minor
Ionian Sea
Ionia
Corinth Athens
Ephesus
Mycenae
Peloponnesus
Sparta
Mediterranean Sea
Crete
Knossos
#1 Macedonia, Troy, Persia, Ionia, Mycenea, Knossos, Crete, the Mediterranean Sea, the Aegean Sea, the
Ionian Sea, Sparta, Corinth, Athens, Ephesus, the Pindos mountains, Peloponnesus, and Asia Minor
#2: How did geography impact the early Greek civilizations?
#3: Where in Europe is Greece?
#4: What is a peninsula?
A peninsula is an area of land almost completely
surrounded by water and connected to the mainland
by a narrow strip of land
#5: What type of climate does Greece have? What does this mean the Greeks could grow?
Greece has a mild climate allowing them to grow barley, wheat,
olives, and grapes.